Artificial bait.



PATENTED SEPT. 25

H. G. GLIPPINGER.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

APPLICATION FILED P214, 1905. RENEWED JULY 9, 190a.

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HARRY O. CLIPPINGER, OF AKRON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO MARK E. METZGE ANDDANIEL W. BROWN, OF AKRON, OHIO.

ARTIFICIAL BAIT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 25, 1906.

To all whom it may concern;

'. Be it known that I, HARRY C. CLIPPINGER, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio,have invented a new and useful Improvement in Artificial Bait, of whichthe folowing is a specification.

The invention relates to an artificial minnow used as a bait'forcatching fish by suspending it in a current of water or drawing itthrough the same on the end of a line; and the objects of theimprovement are, first, to

rovide means for oscillating the tail or a fin aterally, so the minnowwill meander or wiggle through the water in simulation of the movementsof a natural minnow, and especially to apply the means in such a manneras will permit the use of reversely-rotating spinners at both ends ofthe minnow and wil render unnecessary the use of weights or otherspecial appliances for preventing a rotation of the body or a twistingof the draftline, and, second, to provide an elastic support for thehooks on the sides of the minnow.

It has been customary to oscillate the tail of an artificial minnow bymeans of a rotatable axial shaft or rod actuated by a screwwheel or sinner located at the forward end of the b0 y, to the end of which rodthe draft-line is usually attached by a swivel. The turning of such arod in its bearings tends to rotate the body of the minnow, and thefriction of the swivel tends to twist the draft-line, so that with arotatable shaft it is practically necessary to provide special means forpreventing the rotation or twisting of the body and the line.Furthermore, the hooks, which are usually attached on the sides of theminnow by-a loo connection, are apt to become tangled wit each other orotherwise caught in an improper position. These difficulties areovercome and the objects named above are attained by' the construction,mechanism, and arrangement illustrated in the accompanying drawings, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of the minnow, showing part of therear end in section; Fig. 2, a plan view of the minnow, showing how thetail is oscillated; Fig. 3, a detached perspect've view of the axialrod, showing the rear s inner thereon located slightly forward from itsrear end bearing; Fig. 4, a detached oscillated on its perspective viewof the tail; and Fig. 5, a side elevation of the rear part of a minnow,showin the device adapted to oscillate a fin.

Simi ar numerals refer to similar parts throughout the drawings.

The rearward-projecting axial shaft or rod 1 is securely attached to therear end of the bod 2 of the minnow, and this rod may exten through thebody and project forward from its front end, and the idle spinner 3 maybe swiveled on such forward projection and. the draft-line 4 attachedthereto; but these features are not part of the present invention.

The rear or operating screw-wheel or spinher 5 is swiveled on the axialrod at the rear end of the body, preferably by means of the sleeve orhub 6. A suitable stop, as the annular flange 7, is provided on the rodto form a rear end bearing for the spinner, and a cam, preferably theeccentric ring 8, is formed or attached on the hub of the spinner.

The tail 9 is attached to the rod on the pivot 10, which is preferablyperpendicular to the rod, and the lateral arms 11 are provided on thetail, which arms extend on each side of the eccentric ring adjacent to,or it may be abutting against, its opposite peripheral edges, so thatwhen the ring is rotated by the turning of the spinner the tail is ivot.

If it is desire to adapt the device to the fin 12, as shown in Fig. 5,the eccentric ring 8 is located on the forward end of the hub 6, and thefin is attached directly to the body on the pivot 10 and is providedwith the lateral arms 11*, which are extended and curved to straddle thering, so that the fin is operated in the same manner as described forthe tail, and with this arrangement a set of hooks 13 can be attached onthe rear end of the rod.

The belly of the minnow is usually ballasted or wei hted so that it willnormally stand right si e up, and by arranging the two spinners torotate in opposite (1111301310118,

which is the practice when forward and rear spinners are used, thetendency of one spinner to turn the body from its normal position isovercome-by the reverse tendency of the other.

The usual hooks 13 are attached on opposite sides of the minnow by theloop connections 14. The transverse. apertures 15 are pro- 5 v 1thereof, a spinner wit a cam swiveled on the vided through theminnow-body a short distance back 'Of the loops, and the elastic links16 are located in the-apertures and fastened to the shanks of the hookson each side.

Ordinary rubber bands may be used for these links, in which case theends of the bands are merely looped over the shanks of the hooks. Theseelastic links emit a limited movement of the hooks, ut hold them inproper position against the sides of the minnow as against anyordinaryresistance.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

N 1. Anartificial minnow comprising a body, an axial rod securelattached on the endrod, and a tail pivoted on the rod and having lateralarms arranged to straddlethe cam.

2. In an artificial minnow, a body, hooks connected by loops to oppositesides thereof, 20 there being a transverse aperture in the body back ofthe loops, and an elastic band in the a erture attac ed to therespective hooks anks.

In testimony whereof I have signed my 25 name to this specification inthe presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HARRY C. CLIPPINGER.

Witnesses: I

Jos. J. HosLER, HARRY FREAsE.

